Vitamins and Supplements

Cancer cells are much less efficient in removing hydrogen peroxide than normal cells.

Cancer cells more prone to damage and death from high amounts of hydrogen peroxide.

The Annals of Pharmacotherapy published a study that examines the association between antioxidant vitamin supplement use and AD risk.

Although eating a healthy and balanced diet is considered the optimal approach for meeting nutritional needs and obtaining the recommended essential vitamins, minerals, and trace elements for good health, many individuals still find it difficult to do so.

A study published in a recent issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes demonstrates that low baseline vitamin D deficiency may decrease the effectiveness of rosuvastatin in adults with HIV.

Researchers have published a single center retrospective study that looked at patients with low vitamin D levels who had previously developed myalgia on statins.

According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular disease is the leading global cause of death among men and women, accounting for an estimated 17.5 million deaths worldwide each year.

Tri-Coast Pharmacy is recalling various lots of products with sterility assurance concerns.

Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard University in Boston, MA, set out to determine if melatonin secretion predicts myocardial infarction.

Adolescent females need a wide variety of nutrients for proper development, especially bone health. Neither plant-based food (even if protein-rich) nor dairy products alone provide the necessary range of nutrients.

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), which include Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are chronic immune disorders. To date, researchers have been unable to determine their etiology, but have not ruled out dietary deficiencies as potential pathogenic contributors.

Zinc's major role in metabolism, endocrine regulation, immune response, and normal growth and development in humans has been well documented.

Comprehensive diets may be the panacea for migraine prophylaxis.

Globally, millions of children lack clean water, adequate food, and the basics of sustenance. Because of this, they often contract infections and develop health problems.

Traditionally, the World's Fair artistic exhibitions have incorporated elements from current scientific evolution. For example, families applied industrial science and the scientific method to everyday life in the early 20th century, so modern art emphasized reductionism in an ever more complicated world.

New insights pave the way for future treatment developments of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Long-term metformin use reduces serum vitamin B12 variably.

How micronutrients affect adenocarcinoma of the prostate has been long debated.

Health care professionals are increasingly confronted with incorporating dietary supplements many of which are prescribed by clinicians for a wide range of conditions into their care plans.

Multiply Labs has designed what it claims to be the first-ever personalized supplement pill."

The burgeoning body of evidence supporting complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for depression should encourage providers to employ it in patients with mild-to-moderate disease and those resistant to pharmacologic and psychologic therapies.

Patients should consult with their physician or pharmacist before taking any vitamins.

Approximately 1 in 2 women and up to 1 in 4 men 50 years and older will break a bone due to osteoporosis.

Little is known about multivitamin use and associated prevention or development of hypertension, especially in women.

The banana bag has been a long-standing treatment for vitamin and electrolyte deficiencies in patients with chronic alcohol use disorder admitted to the intensive care unit.